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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Solar soars by 13%, Fossil Fuel use Plummets 17% in Europe in first 1/2 of 2023

Solar soars by 13%, Fossil Fuel use Plummets 17% in Europe in first 1/2 of 2023

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – At the energy think tank Ember, Matt Ewen and Sarah Brown have issued a new report showing that the use […]

Juan Cole

Arctic
How analyzing ancient and modern Polar Bear Samples Reveals the Full Scope of Global Heating

How analyzing ancient and modern Polar Bear Samples Reveals the Full Scope of Global Heating

By Jennifer Routledge, Trent University | – The global climate is changing and the Arctic is warming rapidly. These are objectively true statements that most […]

The Conversation

Corruption
Clarence Thomas Acknowledges Undisclosed Real Estate Deal With Harlan Crow and Discloses Private Jet Flights

Clarence Thomas Acknowledges Undisclosed Real Estate Deal With Harlan Crow and Discloses Private Jet Flights

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski ( ProPublica ) – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ decadeslong friendship with real estate tycoon Harlan Crow […]

ProPublica

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“Friends of Israel:” Trying to outlaw Solidarity with Palestine

“Friends of Israel:” Trying to outlaw Solidarity with Palestine

Review of Hil Aked, Friends of Israel: The Backlash against Palestine Solidarity (London: Verso, 2023). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Amid Israel’s assault […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Israel
Dismissal of "Scapegoat" Libyan Foreign Minister for Meeting with Israel shows Limits of US "Abraham Accords"

Dismissal of “Scapegoat” Libyan Foreign Minister for Meeting with Israel shows Limits of US “Abraham Accords”

The United States pressured Libya to meet with Israel in order to prepare the way for recognizing it and joining the Abraham Accords. After the […]

Gilbert Achcar

art and photography
Iran’s Street Art shows Defiance, Resistance and Resilience

Iran’s Street Art shows Defiance, Resistance and Resilience

By Pouya Afshar, UMass Lowell | – (The Conversation) – A recent rise in activism in Iran has added a new chapter to the country’s […]

The Conversation

Africa
African and Maghrebi "Migrants" versus Ukrainian "Refugees": Europe's Racial Tunnel Vision Creates discriminatory, and deadly, Policies

African and Maghrebi “Migrants” versus Ukrainian “Refugees”: Europe’s Racial Tunnel Vision Creates discriminatory, and deadly, Policies

Sousse, Tunisia (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Mediterranean Sea route is still the most dangerous immigration route in the world. Since 2014, the […]

Mohamed Jegham

Donald Trump
Activists File legal Challenges in Michigan, Florida, to Disqualifiy Trump as Seditionist under 14th Amendment

Activists File legal Challenges in Michigan, Florida, to Disqualifiy Trump as Seditionist under 14th Amendment

By: Steve Neavling –   ( Florida Phoenix) – A Highland Park resident filing a legal challenge Monday aimed at disqualifying Donald Trump from the […]

Florida Phoenix

Antisemitism
How individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi Persecution – A New View of History

How individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi Persecution – A New View of History

By Wolf Grune, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | – In Nazi Germany, Hertha Reis, a 36-year-old Jewish woman, performed forced labor […]

The Conversation

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